Investment would have been possible on terms which didn't mean that OpenAI failing was all upside for Microsoft. (I suspect the actual terms aren't quite that g

Investment would have been possible on terms which didn't mean that OpenAI failing was all upside for Microsoft. (I suspect the actual terms aren't quite that generous and MS would actually have to rebuild some stuff from scratch if OpenAI implodes, but Satya isn't bluffing about being confident they could and unconcerned if his hiring stunt causes the collapse) I guess if you believe OpenAI's original stated mission was ever more than a marketing pitch, there's a good argument that it's all been bad anyway (building and licensing extremely impressive tech for their corporate partners and a growing consumer base isn't obviously contributing to making the world a "safer from unfriendly AI" place)